hyperreality and its effects on love and relationships

The term hyperreality characterizes the inability of conciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, easpecially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures. hyperreality affects the perception of relationships and love in many ways. According to famous hyperreality theorist Jean Baudrillard "hyperreality tricks the counsiousness into detaching from any real emotional engagement, instead opting for artificial stimuation". This is a serious issue. With this thought alone, many people carry on with their lives with the notion that aritifical is simply better then having the real thing. fulfillment and happiness is found through stimulation and imitation of reality, rather than having interaction with any sort of "real" reality. many people live their whole lives this way, so long that they easily lose sight of what is really real in their lifes and what is simply a facade. Baudrillard suggests that "the world we live in has been replaced by a copy world where we seek stimulus and nothing else". this would also effect relationships and love. as soon as a relationship becomes slightly less stimulating, it is considered bad and is ended so one can search for that feeling of stimulus once again.

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how is jack sparrow postmodern?

Captain Jack Sparrow, first a foremost represents an ethical pirate, which is completely postmodern. the order is that pirates are evil, unethical, and coniving, but with Jack Sparrow it is not so. adding to this, jack sparrows motivations are usually not completely reveled to the audience, leaving it to the invidual to make that decision on their own. Jack sparrow also moves away from the typical pirate actions with the way he gets himself out of trouble. he is not dumb witted or violence hungry. he is simply smart and seems to trick his enemies with nagotiations in his favor. he is not the typical pirate, nor does he deserve to be called one.

Why on a ship?!

Almost all of Act III takes place on board of the ship to England. The boat is used to reflect the experience of living in a universe that is beyond our control. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern originally respondle positively to being on the boat, because they like not having any responsibilities and being able to "float through life". They believe this is freeing because they can no longer worry about making the wrong decisions, but instead just go along with wherever life takes them. Guildenstern then realizes that getting on the boat was a mistake because when they gave up all their freedom they also lost all control over their lives. this is so symbolic and right on with the entire play, and the characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

The Life of an Ant

Ii had never really thought about this until this video clip brought it to my attention. i work at starbucks and do alot of that sort of human interaction, in such a hurry that i almost forget im talking to another person. so on thursday evening, during my break i made my way out to the lobby and a found a lady sitting in a chair by the fire reading a book. i sat next to her and asked her how her day had been so far. she looked up, a bit startled and said the usually, oh good and yours. i stopped her right there and asked her how it had really gone that day. she set down her book, which i now noticed seemed to be some sort of self help book. she looked me in the eyes and simplysaid "you really want to know?" i nodded and she laughed a little "you asked for it". this woman was probably one of the lonliest people i have ever met. in the last year, she had lost her husband to cancer, her best friend to cancer, and her son and daughter in law had had a miscarriage. she told me of her everyday struggles just to get out of bed in the morning, and how she leaned on God for help when she needed it, which she assured me was always. the tears welled up in her eyes and i gave this woman i had just met a tearful hug. she smiled once more as it was my time to leave and told me how much she had appreciated our little talk, and what a fine young woman i was. and then she sat back down, picked her book up, and began again to read.